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I dont see where I can assign a script to a group.
I went to properties of the group, as I would a user, and I dont see anythign about it there.

If I goto a users properties, I see where I can add a script.
But not for a group.

you're right. I got ahead of myself. what I usually do is setup one user for a group. then just copy that user when I need another user in that group. gives them the same properties. ......I was just thinking of it this way because we have group logon scipts.....i.e. development.bat etc. they aren't actually applied in the group properties, but they are applied to the group when creating a new user and I copy an existing development group user

you're right. I got ahead of myself. what I usually do is setup one user for a group. then just copy that user when I need another user in that group. gives them the same properties. ......I was just thinking of it this way because we have group logon scipts.....i.e. development.bat etc. they aren't actually applied in the group properties, but they are applied to the group when creating a new user and I copy an existing development group user

Ah I see what you are doing.
So, there is no way to assign a script to a group?
Shouldnt there be a way to make a script run when ANYone logs in?
And that script map drives according to who that user is?

I also went to a users profile, and told it to use this script, but it still didnt do anything.

Also, your are mentioning a .bat file, not a .vbs script file, could that be part of it? Or can they both work?

Ah I see what you are doing.
So, there is no way to assign a script to a group?
Shouldnt there be a way to make a script run when ANYone logs in?
And that script map drives according to who that user is?

I also went to a users profile, and told it to use this script, but it still didnt do anything.

Also, your are mentioning a .bat file, not a .vbs script file, could that be part of it? Or can they both work?

vbs scripts should work. have you tried instead of setting the script in users profiles to setting it in the domain group policy. this may be the way to get it to work. try under user configuration - administrative templates - logon - run these programs at user logon setting. set the permissions to everyone.

again . . . . not the way I'd do it. . . . . but this seems viable and may be your answer.

the script works fine. I ran it on my local machine. (had to change shares and groups and such) but it works just fine.

I would try the group policy approach. I think it should work and would keep it on the server side so that even if someone brings a laptop in and logs onto the domain, the script executes......let me know if it works. I'm curious....but I'm not going to apply it to our production domain

the script works fine. I ran it on my local machine. (had to change shares and groups and such) but it works just fine.

I would try the group policy approach. I think it should work and would keep it on the server side so that even if someone brings a laptop in and logs onto the domain, the script executes......let me know if it works. I'm curious....but I'm not going to apply it to our production domain

I must be missing something.

I tries everything you said, nothing is mapping the drives.

I even tried your .bat file.
all it has in the command:
use net L \\server1\R Folder

server1 is the name of our server
R Folder is the name of the folder I want to map.

I dont get any error messages at all during logon either.

I went to Group Policy Editor > User Config > Admin Templates > System > Logon > Run these programs at user Logon

Is there maybe something that I dont have installed?
Or a setting thats not right?

OK you gotta attack this one piece at a time. run your script locally on a client machine and also try the net use commands from the local machine. if the script and net use commands work there then you can move to trying to deploy the scripts. if it doesn't you gotta find out why. forget logging in right now. just verify your commands, then worry about deploying them

OK you gotta attack this one piece at a time. run your script locally on a client machine and also try the net use commands from the local machine. if the script and net use commands work there then you can move to trying to deploy the scripts. if it doesn't you gotta find out why. forget logging in right now. just verify your commands, then worry about deploying them

I now know that
net use Z: \\CompName\Folder
Does work if ran on a machine locally.

Now, there must be something either making the script not run, or the login itself not calling it up properly.

What this is from, I do not know yet, i am betting some configurration i am missing.